Sofia Rotaru (album)
Sofia Rotaru is the debut album by Soviet singer-songwriter Sofia Rotaru, released in July 1972 by Melodiya. The first long play album was re-released in 1974 for the Soviet and Eastern European market and re-packaged as Sofia Rotaru - 1974. The album includes songs performed in Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian and Romanian languages.
Track listing
Side A
The songs recorded on the side A are all performed in foreign languages, with the musical background played by band Chervona Ruta, directed by Anatoliy Evdokimenko. Songs 1, 3, 4 are performed in Ukrainian language, 2 - in Bulgarian, and 5 - in Romanian languages.| # | Title | Music | Lyrics | Production credits | Time |
| 01 | "Ballad about Violins" Балада про скрипки/Balada pro skripki | Volodymyr Ivasyuk | Vasily Marsyuk | 1972, 1974, 1992 | 5:37 |
| 02 | "Fairy Tale" Сказка/Skazka | T. Rusev | D. Demyanov | ||
| 03 | "Two Rings" Два перстенi/Dva persteni | Volodymyr Ivasyuk | Volodymyr Ivasyuk | 1974, 1977, 1992, 2001 was also performed by Nazariy Yaremchuk with Smerichka band | |
| 04 | "Song Will Be With Us" Пiсня буде помiж нас/Pisnya bude pomizh nas | Volodymyr Ivasyuk | Volodymyr Ivasyuk | 1974, 1977, 1997 was also performed by Nazariy Yaremchuk, Vasily Zinkevich, Taras Chubay and Vatra band | |
| 05 | "Only You" Numai tu | Petru Teodorovici | Ion Petrachi | 5:37 |
Side B
The songs recorded on side B are all in Russian language. Ensemble Melodiya, under direction of Gueorguiy Garanyan provided the musical background.| # | Title | Music | Lyrics | Production credits | Time |
| 01 | "Remember Me" Вспоминай меня/Vspominay Menya | Vyacheslav Dobrynin | Veronika Tushnova | 1974, 1992 was later performed by Irina Allegrova, Alla Pugacheva | |
| 02 | "Your Fault" Твоя вина/Tvoya vina | Evgueniy Martynov | Andrei Dementyev, David Usmanov | was later performed by Aida Vedishcheva, Nina Brodskaya, Irina Ponarovskaya, Leonid Serebrennikov | |
| 03 | "I'm Waiting for the Spring" Я жду весну/Ya zhdu vesnu | Evgueniy Martynov | Andrei Dementyev | 1974 was also later performed by Evgueniy Martynov, Anna Guerman, Valentina Tolkunova, Heidi Tamme, Natali, Irina Shvedova, Leonid Serebrennikov. The initial text for the same music was called "My Love" | |
| 04 | "Tell Me a Fairy Tale" Расскажи мне сказку/Rasskazhi mne skazku | Leonid Garin | Anatoliy Poperechnyi | 1974 was also performed by Nina Brodskaya | |
| 05 | "Alyoshenika " Алёшенька /Alyoshenika | Evgueniy Martynov | Andrei Dementyev | 1974 was also later performed by Evgueniy Martynov, Lev Leshchenko, Leonid Serebrennikov | 5:37 |